Doug Ford gives first speech as premier: Full video
The Ford era begins at Queen’s Park. Watch a replay of his speech here.
Ontario PC leader Doug Ford reacts with his family after winning the Ontario provincial election on Thursday, June 7, 2018. (Nathan Denette/CP)
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Today, Ontario has a new premier. Doug Ford was sworn in at Queen’s Park by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell. The first Progressive Conservative cabinet in 15 years was also sworn in.
Maclean’s has followed Ford’s rise from the beginning. Paul Wells wrote an election-night recap of how the Progressive Conservatives finally toppled the Liberals. We pinpointed the ridings where Liberals lost—and, importantly, Tories picked up seats. Andrew MacDougall, Stephen Harper’s former director of communications, pondered what a Ford government will actually look like. And we also predicted how his first speech will sound after he’s looked at the books (spoiler alert: we’ve heard it all before).
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